light rails

A form of light rail — A kind of passenger railway in urban and suburban settings typically characterized by a mixture of tram (or in North America streetcar) and metro features, crossing streets at grade crossings and normally powered by electricity.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of light rail
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